Category Archives: learning difficulties
Parents and carers write to Queen over Birmingham skills centre closure threat
Outcry over city council funding threat to Forward 4 Work in Inkerman Street, Nechells
Angry parents and carers have written to the Queen in a desperate battle to save a Birmingham skills centre for adults with learning difficulties that faces the council axe.
Staff at Forward 4 Work in Inkerman Street, Nechells , have already been offered voluntary redundancy as the authority continues to slash costs across the city.
The centre, opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1981, provides vital training to help people with conditions including autism and Down syndrome into work.
My fight to save my son’s care
My fight to save my son’s care
2:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013 in News By Melanie Vass
A BOURNEMOUTH mother, who cares full-time for her severely disabled son, has been invited to the House of Commons to share her experiences with MPs.
Lorraine Zavadil will tell politicians how she was forced to take legal action against Bournemouth council after it tried to slash her son’s care package.
She also hopes to describe the “insurmountable” pressure she and other parents of disabled children are under
The 53-year-old is one of around 50 people invited to the Right to Care? event.
The event will be attended by Esther McVey, Minister for Disabled People, and Edward Timpson, Minister for Chil-dren and Families, and it has been organised by campaigner Rosa Monckton and Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, who help-ed Lorraine win her 18-month battle with Bournemouth council.